country mile

as in mile
a long distance the distance from the car to the concert hall felt like a country mile in her new high heels

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Recent Examples of country mile Schaefer is the best defenseman in the draft class by a country mile. Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2025 The hyperbole of Robinson hitting baseballs a country mile and stealing bases at the speed of light. Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2025 With the most cap space in the league by a country mile, the pressure was extraordinary for the New England brass. Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025 Nobody within a country mile of it of course. Anantaajith Raghuraman, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for country mile
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mile
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  • The area is mostly agricultural land just east of the Sacramento River and a few miles west of Interstate 5.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The Ah-shi-sle-pah Wilderness is just east of the Navajo Nation, or about a 150-mile drive northwest from Albuquerque.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Country mile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/country%20mile. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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